Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Dublin, Ireland

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 5.9 km
Ascend 70 m
Descend 75 m

Explore Dublin in Ireland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in DublinIndividual Sights in Dublin

Sight 1: Kilmainham Gaol

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Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison in Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland. It is now a museum run by the Office of Public Works, an agency of the Government of Ireland. Many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed in the prison by the orders of the UK Government.

Wikipedia: Kilmainham Gaol (EN), Website

536 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Royal Hospital Kilmainham

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Royal Hospital Kilmainham William Murphy / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Kilmainham, Dublin, is a former 17th-century hospital at Kilmainham in Ireland. The structure now houses the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

Wikipedia: Royal Hospital Kilmainham (EN), Website

1323 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 3: St James' church

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St James' church

St. James' Church is a former Church of Ireland church in James's Street, Dublin, Ireland. Established in 1707, the corresponding parish, which was separated from that of nearby St. Catherine's, was established in 1710. There had been a shrine dedicated to St. James at nearby St. James's Gate, a stopping-off point for pilgrims, since medieval times. It has been proposed that the current church is near to the site of a church to St. James of Compostella which is first referred to in the mid-13th century.

Wikipedia: St James' Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland) (EN)

273 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Guinness Storehouse

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Guinness Storehouse is a tourist attraction at St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. Since opening in 2000, it has received over twenty million visitors.

Wikipedia: Guinness Storehouse (EN), Website

547 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: St Catherine's Church

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St Catherine's Church

St. Catherine's Church, on Thomas Street, in Dublin, Ireland, was originally built in 1185. It is located on what was once termed the "Slí Mhór", a key route that ran westwards across Ireland from Dublin. The church was rebuilt in its present form in the 18th century by John Smyth.

Wikipedia: St Catherine's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland) (EN), Website

308 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: St Augustine and St John

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The Church of St. Augustine and St. John, commonly known as John's Lane Church, is a large Catholic church located on Thomas Street, Dublin, Ireland. It was opened in 1874 on the site of the medieval St. John's Hospital, founded c. 1180. It is served by the Augustinian Order of friars.

Wikipedia: John's Lane Church (EN), Website

372 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: St Audoen's

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St Audoen's

St Audoen's is the church of the parish of St Audoen that is located south of the River Liffey at Cornmarket in Dublin, Ireland. The parish is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. The church is now home to the Polish chaplaincy in Ireland. There is an Anglican church of the same name adjacent to it.

Wikipedia: St Audoen's Church, Dublin (Roman Catholic) (EN)

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Dublinia

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Dublinia is a historical recreation museum and visitor attraction in Dublin, Ireland, focusing on the Viking and Medieval history of the city. Dublinia is located in a part of Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral, known as the Synod hall.

Wikipedia: Dublinia (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

88 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Christ Church Cathedral

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Christ Church Cathedral Ingo Mehling / CC BY-SA 4.0

Christ Church Cathedral, more formally The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the (Anglican) Church of Ireland. It is situated in Dublin, Ireland, and is the elder of the capital city's two medieval cathedrals, the other being St Patrick's Cathedral.

Wikipedia: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (EN), Website

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: St Werburgh's

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St. Werburgh's Church is a Church of Ireland church building in Dublin, Ireland. The original church on this site was built in 1178, shortly after the arrival of the Anglo-Normans in the town. It was named after St. Werburgh, abbess of Ely and patron saint of Chester. The current building was constructed in 1719. It is located in Werburgh Street, close to Dublin Castle.

Wikipedia: St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin (EN)

376 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Garda Museum

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Garda Museum

The Garda Museum is a police museum located in Dublin, Ireland, located in the Treasury Building of Dublin Castle.

Wikipedia: Garda Museum (EN), Website

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Dublin Castle

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Dublin Castle is a former motte-and-bailey castle and current Irish government complex and conference centre. It was chosen for its position at the highest point of central Dublin.

Wikipedia: Dublin Castle (EN), Website

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Chester Beatty Library

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Chester Beatty Library Charles Curling (CharlieCLC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Chester Beatty Library, now known as the Chester Beatty, is a museum and library in Dublin. It was established in Ireland in 1953, to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. The present museum, on the grounds of Dublin Castle, opened on 7 February 2000, the 125th anniversary of Beatty's birth and was named European Museum of the Year in 2002.

Wikipedia: Chester Beatty Library (EN), Website, Youtube

526 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: Havel's Place

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Havel's Place is a public art project, which creates a series of memorial places dedicated to the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel. The installation consists of two garden chairs around a round table, usually with a tree going through its middle. The rim of the table has the Havel Quote 'truth and love shall prevail over lies and hatred' inscribed along its rim.

Wikipedia: Havel's Place (EN)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Saint Patrick's Cathedral

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Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cathedral in Dublin, is designated as the local cathedral of the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough.

Wikipedia: St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin (EN), Website

261 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Marsh's Library

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Marsh's Library, situated in St. Patrick's Close, adjacent to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland is a well-preserved library of the late Renaissance and early Enlightenment. When it opened to the public in 1707 it was the first public library in Ireland. It was built to the order of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh and has a collection of over 25,000 books and 300 manuscripts.

Wikipedia: Marsh's Library (EN), Website

496 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 17: St. Nicholas of Myra

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St. Nicholas of Myra

The Church of St Nicholas of Myra (Without) is a Roman Catholic church on Francis Street, Dublin that is still in use today. The site has been used as a place of worship as far back as the 12th century. The current church was built in 1829 and dedicated to Saint Nicholas in 1835.

Wikipedia: Church of St Nicholas of Myra Without, (Roman Catholic) (EN)

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